Veronica worked as a nurse at Fort Hamilton Veterans' Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.

She was Catholic by faith.

Born in Brooklyn, New York on June 11, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Dennis Laffin.

She is survived by her

Daughter,

Deborah wife of Tom Vitales;

Sons,

James P Meserole of Staten Island, NY;

Dennis Meserole;

Kevin Meserole;

Many Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sharon Ferrugio; brothers, Norman Heaney, John, Edwin and Jim Laffin; sister, Hannah Breifus.

Private Arrangements have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pa.

Online Registry and Condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com.

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Lawrence J. Dubetsky, husband, father, and grandfather, 81 years of age of Valley Road, West Penn Twp., Tamaqua, Pennsylvania passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.